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In case you didn’t know, September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Recently, Grace spoke with
Alternative Press about her own struggles with suicidal thoughts in a plea to offer help to those who are struggling as well.

The
Against Me! singer’s main point of emphasis was to “Stay alive. Just stay alive!”

Obviously the issue of suicide is far more complicated and not that easy for those struggling with mental health issues, so
Grace explained her own situation.

“I’m, in many ways, really thankful to have hit rock bottom, emotionally, in that sense — to have had like a suicidal nervous
breakdown and to have completely lost it,” she says. “It was a place of understanding that took me a long time of working
with trained professionals, with psychotherapists, to get to a place of acceptance where you can have empowerment from that;
where, once you find the edge and you can see over the other side, why not fuckin’ stick around and see what happens?”

“When I had that realization, it was really freeing because then it was like all my inhibitions dropped in a lot of ways because
it was like realizing where the door was and that I could leave at any time; it was almost then like, ‘I wanna stay and see
what happens, and fuck it.’”

She acknowledge that she quelled her suicidal thoughts with the help of a professional. Finding the right mental health professional
is not always easy and not everybody has access to one. Many healthcare plans don’t cover many mental health issues, but if
you do have affordable access to a mental health professional and need the help, don’t look past it. The difference between
Laura Jane Grace being with us today or succumbing to suicide could be attributed to her seeking out professional help.

The devastation in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria is overwhelming and it’s time for us to step up and help!! If you
have extra hurricane supplies that you didn’t use this is a great way for you to help others who are struggling. The Florida
State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has started their own relief effort called “Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief.”

Fox 13 reported their locations you can donate along with what necessities are needed:

Andrew McMahon and his wife Kelly have a 3-year-old daughter named Cecilia (get it now, Cecilia and the Satellite?!) and the
sweet card she gave to her Dad on his 35th birthday is just THE BEST. With help from Mom, she listed all the things she loves
about him. From ‘taking her to the coffee shop for a chocolate muffin’ to ‘spinning, running, and dancing with me’ they are
pretty much all the reasons we would imagine for a cool dad like that!

Little Cecilia on the first day of preschool!

And of course he displayed the EPITOME of cool dadness when he wrote a song for her!!

It’s the first official day of fall and Florida sure knows how to kick it off with a bang.
Fox 13 reports that a semi carrying pumpkins caught fire this morning in Pasco County. The crash and cleanup closed portions of south
bound I-75 near state road 52 for hours causing huge backups. FHP reports that the semi was heading SB when it traveled into
the gore. It continued for a few hundred feet before fire began taking over the truck. The driver, Lortatia Marshall, 44,
miraculously escaped without injuries! FHP also says the damage to the road is ‘extensive’ and closures could remain for awhile.
Read more here.